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  1. Re:Rodney King on Thinking About the SnitchCam · · Score: 0

    Possibly when the rioters are burning down buildings around them and tipping over cars and trucks onto other rioters.

    I think 50-56 blows would be appropriate to stop the m from killing each other.

  2. Re:Rocket physics 101 on Build Your Own Flying Lawn Mower · · Score: 0

    That's actually a farily wrong description too. taken from howstufworks.com: "Commercial hovercraft operate just like your homemade hovercraft. They usually have an oval or rectangular platform, a motorized fan and a large skirt material to trap the air underneath the vehicle. This air cushion underneath the hovercraft is called the plenum chamber. This plenum chamber is formed by the bottom of the craft and the skirt material. The air flowing into the plenum chamber will form a ring of air circulating around the base of the skirt to insulate the air cushion from the lower pressure air outside the skirt. This ring of air keeps the air under the craft from escaping." The skirt doesn't inflate like the tube of a tire, it just keeps the air underneath it.

  3. Re:Mirror on Build Your Own Flying Lawn Mower · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm doing my best to help you out...

  4. Re:Go beta! on Gizmodo Declares Blu-Ray Winner · · Score: 0
    Of course, the next SuperDuperThingamabobEverybodyNeeds[TM] will already be there, but don't think for one second you need to stress over getting current, that's an artificial feeling created by PR hype from the format pushers. You'll get the shit a lot cheaper than your neighbour in a few years, no worries...
    Amen my brother!
  5. Re:NJIT is all hype on America's Most Connected Campuses · · Score: 0

    Don't forget playing gunbound in class... that's become pretty popular.

  6. Re:what about NJIT? on America's Most Connected Campuses · · Score: 0

    Very true, of the 19 categories, they scored NJIT with 11 yes's and 8 no's.

    While in actuality there should be either 17 or 18 yes's (I'm not sure on the streaming audio or video for a class).

  7. Re:networks on Frame Dragging by Earth Reconfirmed · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought it had to do with some new rendering techinique in HL2.... then i realized it was just boring old space-time stuff...

  8. Re:my pc on First Looks at Athlon 64 4000+ & FX-55 · · Score: 1, Informative

    #1) just because it wasn't in production doesn't mean it wasn't in the works. #2) Video game companies have to take risks like that to keep their games cutting edge, operating systems and other such software companies don't. There's no money in putting 200 programmers to work on an enterprise software suite that won't be useable for another 5 years.

  9. Re:my pc on First Looks at Athlon 64 4000+ & FX-55 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Who is going to develop software that can't be run yet?

    You need the power first.

  10. Re:wow on First Looks at Athlon 64 4000+ & FX-55 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I wish I could afford one :(

  11. Re:First quantum OS on German Scientists Create 5 qubit Quantum Register · · Score: 0

    The mouse wheel can be labeled the probability wheel!

    Scroll up to increase the probability that the left button is alive, scroll down to increase the probability that the right button is dead

  12. Re:PayPal can't be down! on Paypal Grinds To A Halt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Get the facts: http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx@DocID=259.ht ml

    Then vote kerry anyway... cause it's not bush.

  13. Re:hmm... on Paypal Grinds To A Halt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny this should get mentioned...

    Today, at my bank, I saw the Win95 Shutdown screen on one of the computers...

    Nice flat panel 17" monitor with that horrid horrid screen...

  14. Re:Don't forget... on New IM Worm On The Loose · · Score: 1

    You can pick up your favorite Linux distro at http://www.linuxiso.org/

  15. Re:All in it together on Java 1.5 vs C# · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what we have J# for?

  16. Re:Another famous proof on Scientists Define Murphy's Law · · Score: 2, Informative

    True, except Money != Root(evil)

    The love of money is the root of all evil... according to the quote.

    Althought the integral of e^x = F(u^n)

  17. Re:Government Spending on Proposal: Put Library of Congress' Contents Online · · Score: 1

    I don't see what all the big fuss is about...

    Throw a webcam at the entrance to the LOC and you've got it all online.

    I'll do it for a mere... 0.1615 LOC

  18. Re:beat a-round the bush on Pet Bugs? · · Score: 1

    Somebody should create a rounding function that first converts the number to a base 9 system then round.

  19. Case on Home-Built vs. Store-Bought PCs · · Score: 1

    Definately look for a case at a computer show if you can.... they're much cheaper and usually come with a power supply mounted and ready to go...